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Toni Carmine Salerno | 112 pages | 01 Mar 2013 | Blue Angel Gallery | 9780980286540 | English | Glen Waverley, VIC, Australia Gaia - Body & Soul - In honour of Mother Nature and the Feminine Spirit - Toni Carmine Salerno I do not see Gaia itself as an image of human destiny, but it enlarges our vision of human purpose and activity beyond the personal and the local and puts it into a planetary and cosmic context. It puts the phenomenon of life itself back into center stage in our culture. This left a void in collective consciousness and Gaia was relegated to mythology alone. This is not true for us. Bright Future Now! Stay Connected. Does it bring God closer to us, or does it further muddy the meaning and nature of God, making it yet more difficult to clearly determine just what the sacred is and what our relationship is to it? We must allow it to shape us, as great spiritual ideas have always shaped those who entertain them, and not expect that we can simply use the image of Gaia to meet emotional, religious, political, or even commercial needs without allowing it to transform us in unexpected and radical ways. These are important questions, and unfortunately, exploring them in the manner they deserve would far exceed the space I have in this article. I would like to receive emails from Gaia. Facebook Twitter. Such an idea, to me, is like an enzyme. Meditation: Connecting with Gaia Sitting on the earth would be most ideal for this meditation, but as we are working with her Spirit, find any comfortable sitting position and begin to slow your breath. If something is sacred, it is assumed to have value beyond its form, usefulness, duration, and products. Stardust Priestess added it Feb 19, If we could remember to use the natural resources of Gaia, we could eradicate or lessen hunger. The sacred does not pick and choose Gaia - Body and Soul: In Honour of Mother Nature and the Feminine Spirit it shall love. Rating details. Paradoxically then, we seem to need to call something sacred in order to make it worthy of receiving our highest values and noblest relationships, while in the Judeo-Christian tradition God appears under no such constraint, giving Himself freely and totally to creation whether it is seen as "sacred" or not. If Gaia is an important spiritual idea for Gaia - Body and Soul: In Honour of Mother Nature and the Feminine Spirit time, then we must remember that a spiritual idea is not something we think about but something that inhabits and shapes us. In this respect, some current images of Gaia are to the ancient mythic idea of the living earth what a Disney cartoon version of a fairy tale, such as Sleeping Beauty or the current hit, The Little Mermaidis to the original folk story. Announcements Click Here. Within that dimension we will also find new insights into the meaning of the divine that cannot help but aid us in the emergence of a healthy and whole planetary culture. In this beautifully presented, full-colour book in a deluxe padded hardcover, best-selling artist and author Toni Carmine Salerno offers reflections and meditations in honour of Mother Nature and the feminine spirit. At the same time, the actions of Gaia are very local and specific, so that we are made more aware, not less, of our interactions with the particular places we inhabit. The heart is like a laser. To create our On the other hand, the idea of a world soul, an anima mundia planetary Logos, is an ancient one found in both Eastern and Western culture. Share this article. Elevate your consciousness with a free trial of Gaia. Comment Contact Privacy Terms of Use. To be in ceremony in every moment allows us to rise as co-creators with her now. Can we simply adopt and graft on their notion of a living, sacred earth? Yet, if we must call something "sacred" before we can extend ourselves to it with love, empathy, communion, honor, and Gaia - Body and Soul: In Honour of Mother Nature and the Feminine Spirit — if something must be alive and have spirit before we can relate to it as having value — then we dishonor and devalue the spirit within us that sets no such preconditions. Or does something become sacred when it is living and powerful, big and capable of doing us either harm or good? Here are a few spaces to reconnect, remembering the loving presence of Gaia all around you. Earth Goddess

In this beautifully presented, full-colour book in a deluxe padded hardcover, best-selling artist and author Toni Carmine Salerno offers reflections and meditations in honour of Mother Nature and the feminine spirit. It becomes part of the foundation and the architecture of our lives. To create our Gaia - Body and Soul: In Honour of Mother Nature and the Feminine Spirit elements work in perfect harmony to ensure life on earth is sustained. Be in awe of her myriad of blessings. Until we do, Gaia, the spirit of the living earth, is an idea to think about rather than an idea to think with. Details if other :. Follow Natalie On. Share this article. Kim marked it as to-read Jan 17, It is worthy of respect and honor, love and compassion; it is worth entering into communion with. Yes, it had to have happened like this, like folk wisdom, because when I think of that era, I do not think of MTV, but of the futile attempt to stay awake and navigate the yawning whiteness of Friday Night Videos, and…. Facebook Twitter. When it is focused. To amp up your healing connections, try earthing. It is an invitation to initiation, to the death of what we have been and the birth of something new. Thus, Gaia represents an epistemology as well, a way of learning, seeing, and knowing. Accepting Gaia simply as a "return of the Goddess" or jumping on the bandwagon of a new planetary animism, without thinking through the implications of just what Gaia might mean in our culture, can lead to sentimentality rather than spirituality. In any sincere effort to unearth her, we must look to the oldest documented accounts. Username or Email. Available for purchase. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. As children, at times we will upset mother—so too is this the case with the Great Mother Gaia. She has devoted her studies to shamanic traditions, ancient civilizations, past lives, galactic activations, and vibrational healing, seamlessly weaving empowered spiritual guidance with effective transmutative healing. No trivia or quizzes yet. In her infinite love, we may forget to acknowledge all the bounty she offers. All Languages. See beneath you the earth, open to greet Gaia - Body and Soul: In Honour of Mother Nature and the Feminine Spirit, and a red and gold spiral of light begins to glow at your perineum. Denielle marked it as to-read Jan 25, It inspires us towards a reformation that produces a culture that is truly life-affirming and life-centered. Miss Bree marked it as to-read Jan 12, If so, we run the risk of interposing yet another image between ourselves and divinity. To work with the earth energies of the south ensures we are in communion with the spirit of abundance, Gaia - Body and Soul: In Honour of Mother Nature and the Feminine Spirit and creation. To the Greeks, Gaia was the ultimate goddess of raw, maternal power. Bear the Beams of Love-Tempera on board. Equal in its enduring wisdom, the Native American Medicine Wheel is a way of understanding our world as practiced by every indigenous nation. His work continues to quietly illuminate hearts and the minds around the globe. The Gaia Theory Inchemist James Lovelock and his research partner Lynn Margulis the wife of Carl Sagan at the time proposed that the earth is a living being, self-regulating the elements to sustain life on it. It is generally not accorded the status of being the ultimate source or Creator but might be looked upon as a great angelic or archangelic being presiding over the well being of the world, or as the gestaltthe wholeness of all the lives and patterns that manifest upon, and as, the earth. Open Preview See a Problem? Toni Carmine Salerno. I recently was invited to a worship service and celebration in which Gaia was specifically incorporated as a source of spiritual nourishment and help. Gaia: Body & Soul: In Honor of Mother Nature & the Feminine Spirit

This means that when we strive to imagine the sacredness of the earth, we do so in a very different cultural context than did those who took for granted an immanent, accessible sacred presence pervading all things. April 13, We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Chicory for example is a common weed that grows freely even in the most impoverished areas of urban landscapes. Forgot Password. Close Privacy Overview This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Viviana marked it as to-read Jul 10, Amelia Gariano marked it as to-read May 04, In the beginning, there was chaos, nebulous ethers waiting to take form. The sacred does not pick and choose what it shall love. Return to Book Page. It inspires us to develop modes of thinking and acting that are holistic, systemic, symbiotic, connective, and participatory. For many, a spirituality of the Earth has quickly become equated with Gaia worship — but this, suggests well-known writer and holistic thinker David Spangler, may be a serious wrong turn. Time in Nature Dr. Refresh and try again. This commission was painted in a few weeks but was difficult to stop adding more details of leaves and wild flowers in the foreground, it was such a joy to paint! Avonlea Rose marked it as to-read Feb 28, You can call upon Mother Earth to co-create healing with you for the Earth, people, animals, nature or any aspect. Christine marked it as to-read Nov 25, Open Preview See a Problem? Follow Natalie On. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. In her love, she creates the most stunning specimens to support and ease our human existence. Kathryn rated it really liked it Jan 03, Gaia - Body and Soul: In Honour of Mother Nature and the Feminine Spirit This category only includes Gaia - Body and Soul: In Honour of Mother Nature and the Feminine Spirit that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. See our Privacy Policy here. Far beyond the mythological Gaia, the name has come to represent an all-loving, nurturing and intelligent cosmic force which oversees life on earth. On the other hand, the idea of a world soul, an anima mundia planetary Logos, is an ancient one found in both Eastern and Western culture. Thus, to be the "nervous system" of the earth Gaia - Body and Soul: In Honour of Mother Nature and the Feminine Spirit means to be integrated with all the systems of the earth, from wind and weather to tidal flows and the growth of plants, from the ecology of watersheds to the migration of birds and insects from one bioregion to another, and so on. This revolutionary hypothesis was seen as heretical, but has since been accepted as fact; a theory, no longer a hypothesis. If by nervous system we mean the wiring that carries the sensations and thoughts of a larger being, then that is not a very participatory image, reducing humanity to being simply the instrumentality for the transmission and execution of the thoughts of the earth. See your food as sacred nourishment. Lists with This Book. Ways to Be Present With Gaia In her infinite love, we may forget to acknowledge all the bounty she offers. Log In. Celeste Luciani added it May 10, Each time we honor Gaia and all she represents, we honor the love of a living and present universe around us. Community Reviews. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Seen as a divine feminine and Goddess energy she has the purpose of nurturing, nourishing and supporting all life forms and humans in existence upon the Earth. Ella rated it really liked it May 21, This light spirals into the earth, ushering you into her most sacred center. We are encouraged to develop and practice an "ecology of mindfulness," to paraphrase Bateson, as well as a mindful ecological practice. Bring anything which causes discomfort or distress there now. We cannot assume the sacredness nor spiritual livingness of the earth or accept it as a new ideology or as a sentimentally pleasing idea. In this beautifully presented, full-colour book in a deluxe padded hardcover, best-selling artist and author Toni Carmine Salerno offers reflections and meditations in honour of Mother Nature and the feminine spirit.

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